They Found a Tiny Bone Piece From a Roman Archer’s Bow 🏹 | Magna Fort

A tiny piece of bone recovered during the 2026 excavation at Magna Roman Fort in northern Britain has revealed another detail about Roman archery.

The artifact is an ear lath, a narrow reinforcement used at the end of a composite bow near the string attachment.

Magna has a fascinating connection to specialist Syrian, or Hamian, archers who served on the northern frontier of the Roman Empire.

The fragment doesn't identify a particular soldier, but it fits into the archaeological evidence for specialist archery at the fort.

Sometimes a tiny piece of a weapon can bring an entire group of ancient soldiers back into focus.

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